OPS SENIOR CLERK - 64927198

Requisition No: 838567 

Agency: Department of Health

Working Title: OPS SENIOR CLERK - 64927198

 Pay Plan: Temp

Position Number: 64927198 

Salary:  15.75 to 16.25 

Posting Closing Date: 10/10/2024 

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Your Specific Responsibilities:

This position is responsible for interviewing clients upon entrance to the Hernando County Health Department (HCHD) ADAP program to determine initial and continuing eligibility for service. Interviewing clients for the purpose of obtaining pertinent information as appropriate. Screens and schedules client’s appointments for all medical health clinics. This position must have a working knowledge of all the different medical services provided by the HCHD. Must be capable of making independent judgment and decision making as need arises.

 

Works as a window clerk, entering services into HMS from provider’s billing slips, schedules follow up appointments as needed and provides general information as requested by clients. Confirms clinics appointments verifying insurance status and updated demographic information and programs. Prepares clinic encounter in advance with client information and appropriate forms and insurance documentation for the assigned for types of service. Provides clerical support as needed to the specialty care clinic.

 

Assists vaccine coordinator with inventory reconciliation and transfers between sites.

 

Obtaining documentation of accurate demographic information, i.e., address, date of birth, name, social security number, Medicaid numbers, et. Verifies Medicaid, Medicare, Health Management Organization (HMO), private insurance and financial eligibility in the proper computer screens upon intake of the clients for the services provided through HCHD. Update, organizes and maintains client records. Scanning necessary documents such as Photo IDs, required signature pages per policy and procedure.

 

Responsible for designee and “need to know” employee for security sets relating to active medical records and immunization card as it relates to performance of assigned duties and responsibilities for security and confidentiality of same.

 

Attends training and seminars as they become available, and the funds permit to enhance knowledge, skills and abilities as they relate to duties and responsibilities.  Attends all staff meetings; creates and maintains meeting notes for Medical/Nursing Department meetings.

 

Performs other related duties as required.

 

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Science Using scientific methods to solve problems.
• Writing   Communicating effectively with others in writing as indicated by the needs of the audience.
• Reading Comprehension Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents
• Information Organization Finding ways to structure or classify multiple pieces of information
• Active Learning Working with new material or information to grasp its implications
• Information Gathering      Knowing how to find information and identifying essential information
• Idea Evaluation Evaluating the likely success of an idea in relation to the demands of the situation
• Coordination        Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions
• Management of Personnel Resources        Motivating, developing, and directing people as they work, identifying the best people for the job
• Biology Knowledge of plant and animal living tissue, cells, organisms, and entities, including their functions, interdependencies, and interactions with each other and the environment
• Mathematics       Knowledge of numbers, their operations, and interrelationships including one or more of the following:  arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications
• Chemistry Knowledge of the composition, structure, and properties of substance